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General discussion forum / Re: RRC-1258MKII & IC706 FIRST VERSION

« on: 2024-03-14, 23:46:22 »

Hi Mike.

I finally found the problem and now everything works.

The problem was the stripping socket oxidized contacts.

I cleaned them with a deoxidizing liquid and now everything is fine.

At the present time I'm doing some tests on the local network. Then I will address the configurations for remote operations (DDNS etc.).

Thanks again for your availability.

73 de Paul - IK2GWH

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General discussion forum / Re: RRC-1258MKII & IC706 FIRST VERSION

« on: 2024-03-13, 16:10:15 »

Hi Mike.

OK, anything can happen in 15 years....anyway the OM who gave me the pair of RRC, told me that 5/6 years ago RRC were OK.

I attached the HTML export from both units.

The only thing that seems strange to me is that on RADIO unit:

Other party   192.168.1.227 (OK, it is CONTROL Unit IP, so pointing to CONTROL unit)

Other party(mac)   00:1e:fd:29:78:a0  (This is NOT the MAC of CONTROL unit but MAC of RADIO unit - I think it should be    00:23:a7:45:25:8b)

Thanks for help.

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General discussion forum / Re: RRC-1258MKII & IC706 FIRST VERSION

« on: 2024-03-12, 20:06:27 »

Hello Mike and thanks for the reply.

Ok for NO Connect button in mode 2.

I have made cable following manual instruction, that is cutting an OPC-581 and joining the two halves to a CAT5 cable with RJ45. Both cables are OK, tested with ohm-meter and with RJ45 extender the radio turns on.

But when I connect cables to detachable panel, radio and RRC-1258 nothing works; radio does not turn on and of course I have no connection between the two RRC-1258

I have checked again jumpers and strips and everythings seems OK.


I'm at a standstill.....

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / RRC-1258MKII & IC706 FIRST VERSION

« on: 2024-03-10, 21:24:45 »

Hello everybody and thanks for reading.


I,ve got a pair of RRC1258 MKII, Firmware 2.95 and I'm trying to work them with an old IC706 (first version, HF and VHF 10W).

Both are on same network 192.168.1.x (x=227 for Control Unit and x=228 for Radio Unit)

Radio settings are set as in manual page 116 (Program mode is 2 - IC-7100,IC706,IC703)

I've set strips and jumper as wrote in manual (page 115), with "SIP contact" on Control Unit set to 192.168.1.228, so pointing at Radio Unit

BUT:

- No "Connect Button" on Status menu in Control Unit, so I can't connect the two units (red and amber led on both AUX/MIC are OFF)

- If I change in Control Unit/Radio settings from 2 - IC-7100,IC706,IC703 to whatever else (es. 4 - Yaesu,Kenwood,Elecraft), I get "Connnect Button" on Status menu in Control Unit and if I press it, then connection is finally ON (on both AUX/MIC red led is OFF and amber led is ON).


I've made several HW reset but NO WAY to get "Connect Button" on Status menu with Control Unit/Radio settings = 2 - IC-7100,IC706,IC703


Any idea ?


IK2GWH - Paul

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General discussion forum / RRC-1258MKII & IC706 FIRST VERSION

« on: 2024-03-10, 21:13:51 »

Hello everybody and thanks for reading.


I,ve got a pair of RRC1258 MKII, Firmware 2.95 and I'm trying to work them with an old IC706 (first version, HF and VHF 10W).

Both are on same network 192.168.1.x (x=227 for Control Unit and x=228 for Radio Unit)

Radio settings are set as in manual page 116 (Program mode is 2 - IC-7100,IC706,IC703)

I've set strips and jumper as wrote in manual (page 115), with "SIP contact" on Control Unit set to 192.168.1.228, so pointing at Radio Unit

BUT:

- No "Connect Button" on Status menu in Control Unit, so I can't connect the two units (red and amber led on both AUX/MIC are OFF) -- SEE ATTACHMENT

- If I change in Control Unit/Radio settings from 2 - IC-7100,IC706,IC703 to whatever else (es. 4 - Yaesu,Kenwood,Elecraft), I get "Connnect Button" on Status menu in Control Unit and if I press it, then connection is finally ON (on both AUX/MIC red led is OFF and amber led is ON).   -- SEE ATTACHMENT


I've made several HW reset but NO WAY to get "Connect Button" on Status menu with Control Unit/Radio settings = 2 - IC-7100,IC706,IC703


Any idea ?


IK2GWH - Paul